the cost of living (SIGNED)
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Martin Parr
the cost of living (SIGNED)
Photographs: Martin Parr
Text: Robert Chesshyre
Publisher: Cornerhouse
80 pages
Pictures: 61
Year: 1989
ISBN: 0 948797 55 X
Price: 150 €
Comments: Softcover, 22,3 x 28,5 cm, color photographs. First edition. In very good condition, other than slight signs of wear on the bottom of the spine and a stain on the last page along the spine. Signed by Martin Parr.
The middle classes are not what they were. Their ranks are swollen year-by-year, as the newly affluent adopt the lifestyle once enjoyed by a narrow band of English society.
The newcomers are less weighted down by notions of duty and propriety than were the ancienne bourgeoisie. They gratify their appetites, creating vast new markets - the leisure industry and the retail trade can scarcely keep abreast with the demand.
A fresh term is required for this social phenomenon, and Martin Parr has coined the phrase 'comfortable classes'. His photographs - avoiding both the stereotype and the caricature - capture them as they spend their money and pursue their recreations.
His people are at the heart of English society: they are articulate and forceful, and their aspirations will largely determine which way the nation goes. Parr's portfolio constitutes a penetrating portrait of Britain after ten years of Thatcherism.
The accompanying text is by Robert Chesshyre, a former Washington correspondent and columnist of The Observer.
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